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Hi All,

Just reading through this section and want to know if I am right in understanding that clear male RCS are to be culled? I bought my males locally from a private breeder and he sexed them all by picking out the clear ones. All my males have no colour at all. Should these be culled? The girls are all nicely coloured.

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here is a pic of my best male ATM.

males can be the worst coloured females and even better for the best quality so clear is not best. You will have to look for straight line under the tail where females will have a slight curve. Or simply if older will be smaller, thinner and have the straight tail to be 100% just keep all the females in one tank and remove them as they start to saddle.

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Hi Fish4fish3

Thanks for that.I will have to set up a new tank but in the mean time I have about 5 females with saddles that are slightly darker than the one in the photo and 8 old girls that are deep red. So I guess I should get all the clear ones (I mean no colour at all) out so they don't breed? Are the clear ones of any use at all?

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The pic above is just a male... my best male with a reflection off the bottom. See the straight line under the tail? females will have a slight curve at rest

clear males are just good for food? shrimp cocktails or shrimp paste maybe?

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oK I think I've got it now. The Bettas well get some shrimp for tea!!!! Thanks fish4fish3 What about the big reds they are so dark I can't tell but their shell is very deep from body to tail so I have been thinking they are girls. I will have to get some batteries for my camera,the iphone just doesn't focus close up.

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most likely girls if they are larger over an inch. if they are solid even more possible... still a very slim chance that 1 if smaller maybe a male as the painted red grade males can be pretty solid too.

sum it up 99.999999999999999% female

google red cherry shrimp grading and you should find a bunch of pics that will guide you better to what target you want. my male is still not the best that I had seen in the grading system.

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Thanks again fish4fish3. I wish I could get some better pictures of my lot. I have rescaped the tank so there is a clear area in front. I will try to get some pictures but I only have an iphone 3 which isn't much cop with close up photos. All help is very much appreciated and I will google the grading to see if mine fit in anywhere. I guess this is why it is good to know where your shrimp come from . Mine come from 3 different sources although the 2 breeders are very close to the LFS and I believe they sell to him so some may be related any way.

I will have fun breeding with these until I know for sure that I can keep them alive then I will try and buy some from SKF members .

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Ok here are some not very good quality photos of a few of what I thought were my girls. They are very red so not ordinary cherries I guess. Taken with top light on.

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yes very nice indeed.

Hope you get some good looking boys for them as you'll definately only go backwards with those clear males.

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I will chase those clear ones out this morning and put them in with the fish as quite a few of the girls have saddles. Now I know they are a good colour it would be wrong to let them breed with the clears. I appreciate the time you have taken helping me fish3fish4. Hope one of the reds is a boy, I'm pretty sure I have a cherry boy with a bit of colour but will have to wait and see. If I don't see the girls get berried over the next couple of weeks I may have to see if amember will sell me a boy, one of the little shrimp letters that is 2 weeks old looks quite red so fingers crossed that it might be a boy. Cheers ineke

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If you can't find any males i can send you 3 or 4 spares next week if you're willing to pay the postage. They're not the best - best but will suffice

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Wow thank you Roman that would be great, very generous of you. I just posted another question about trying to catch the males out with a newly berried female in there wondering if it will cause a problem . Think I will just do it and if you are sure about the boys I would be thrilled to get them. Let me know how much and how to transfer the money to you. Wow I'm blown away :cheerful:

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Don't go feeding your males to any fish just yet.

have to check with fishmosey if I can send to SA first (AQIS), but I'm sure I can... Don;t think I heard anything about SA... Just something about TAS and WA? I think...

I'm moving over the weekend (9th - 10th) so better for me to do it before than after. PM me an address and contact number, I'll most likely get them out to you this week.

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here's a pic of the best male I can give you... The others won't be to far behind

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Oh Great definitely more colour than the ones the fish got!!!! :applause:

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